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Horses, not dogs, may soon be used to track lost peopleJefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins watched, astonished, as Joker and rider George Ehmer, 66, of Milton-Freewater nosed out the hidden volunteer.
It was a dramatic and spectacular demonstration of what practioners call equine air-scenting. The event was organized by a loosely knit central Oregon group that hopes to use horses in the role of bloodhounds during backcountry searches.
Theyve definitely got my attention, Adkins said. That was a pretty difficult search because the wind kept changing on us. That horse just went right over there and zigged and zagged and zoomed right in.
Much, much more at the link! Fascinating story, including breaking down the differences between how dogs and horses track. Wish I could excerpt more- very interesting stuff.
PB
Warpy
(111,407 posts)except on a totally subconscious level. Other critters rely on it heavily and their well developed olfactory systems are proof of it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,926 posts)using such scents as Hai Karate and Brut. Although there was an olfactory connection, it was not usually successful.
Warpy
(111,407 posts)They used to bathe in the stuff and classes full of a bunch of guys sweating that stuff over their drafting boards were sheer torture. The only worse thing was getting on an elevator the first week in July and riding up 15 floors with a bunch of new interns in clashing colognes that mostly smelled like Eau de Bug.
The latter didn't last long. They ditched the cologne the first time a post op patient puked on them and that generally only took a few days.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,926 posts)Loved getting on elevators with some guy in a leisure suit, white belt and shoes, collars like sails, and a porn star mustache. He usually smelled like he'd bathed in a mixture of citronella, CCl4, and vanilla extract. Horrible.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)I got hired to promote it at a department store Way Back When. The stuff was awful.
Nay
(12,051 posts)whenever someone tried that scent, it made me sick all day. What an odor. I have no idea why these scents were considered attractive.
dflprincess
(28,089 posts)And don't forget English Leather. "All my men wear English leather - or they wear nothing at all."
http://www.bionicdisco.com/2013/02/15/daily-70s-spot-english-leather-cologne-all-my-men-commercial-1977/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,926 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Before a date, we'd pick one and drench ourselves in it. Apparently we operated on the theory that if a little smells good, a lot must be EXTRA seductive.
auntsue
(277 posts)have a substance call AXE................it hovers in a cloud around them...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,926 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Horse sense!
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Thanks for the link and story! I know someone else to pass this to and he'll probably put it up on his equine-centric blog
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)I would hate to have to jold its leash when it gets on the trail and lifing it over fences etc would kkill the back
Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)One day a herd of about 40-50 goats got out and we were the only ones on the place at the time. My horse had been trained to cut on those goats. We had hundreds of acres to search, most of it wooded and I thought it was a lost cause. This horse was determined to go a certain way through the woods and because I didn't have a better idea, I gave him his head, (let him find his own way/pace). I couldn't believe my eyes when we came across the goats deep in the woods.
I always wondered how he knew where they were and went straight to them. Now I know.